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I Color Myself Different, written by Colin Kaepernick and illustrated by Eric Wilkerson

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Colin Kaepernick says 'I Color Myself Different' in his first children's book

8:00am April 02, 2022

by Samantha Balaban

Colin Kaepernick's kindergarten teacher gave his class an assignment: Draw a picture of your family. When he colored his family yellow and himself brown, it became a pivotal moment for his identity.

Grant Ginder melds political and family dysfunction in 'Let's Not Do That Again'

4:27pm April 01, 2022

NPR's Kelsey Snell talks with Grant Ginder about his new novel, Let's Not Do That Again, drawing inspiration from his time as a speechwriter and exploring political dynamics in families.

Dr. Michael Morbius aims to cure himself of a debilitating illness, but ends up infecting himself with vampirism.

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Jared Leto is Marvel's bat-man in the vampiric 'Morbius'

3:22pm April 01, 2022

by Bob Mondello

An ailing biochemist aims to cure himself of a debilitating illness, but ends up infecting himself with vampirism in the Marvel movie Morbius.

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A naturalist traces the astounding flyways of migratory birds

1:30pm April 01, 2022

by Dave Davies

Scott Weidensaul has spent decades studying bird migration. "There is a tremendous solace in watching these natural rhythms play out again and again," he says. Originally broadcast March 29, 2021.

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Several pyramids in the morning light in the royal burial grounds in Meroe, Sudan.

Chester Higgins' camera brings a 360 degree view to Black life

3:47pm March 31, 2022

by Jon Kalish

Acclaimed African-American photographer Chester Higgins has made dozens of trips to Africa since the 1970's to document the continent's history and culture. Now 75, he has no plans on slowing down.

These kids' authors are telling the stories of trans youth. Book bans won't stop them

1:48pm March 31, 2022

by Rina Torchinsky

As lawmakers push forward with efforts to curb the rights of queer and trans youth, authors who've written about gender expansive and trans identities say storytelling is crucial.

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'The Devil Never Sleeps' makes the case for disaster preparedness in a changing world

5:05am March 31, 2022

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to author Juliette Kayyem, a former Homeland Security official, about shifting crisis management from how to prevent a disaster to how to minimize its consequences.

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How one Civil Rights activist posed as a white man in order to investigate lynchings

1:34pm March 30, 2022

by Dave Davies

White Lies author A.J. Baime tells the story of Walter White, a light-skinned Black man whose ancestors had been enslaved. For years White risked his life investigating racial violence in the South.

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Creators on the Cusp: Mariko Tamaki makes and curates LGBTQ-focused graphic novels

11:08am March 30, 2022

by Etelka Lehoczky

Our Creators on the Cusp series brings you people revolutionizing the world of comics and graphic novels. Mariko Tamaki's won a slew of awards for graphic novels and has worked in mainstream comics.

A daycare... a test prep... a community center? Kids' book explores what a school is

4:41pm March 29, 2022

NPR's Ailsa Chang talked with John Schu, first picture book writer and long time book advocate, and illustrator Veronica Miller Jamison about their new book This is a School.